Rokas Diržys
Violin, 18, Lithuanian
Rokas Diržys (b. 2008) is currently studying at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art in the violin class of Professor Rūta Lipinaitytė-Savickienė.
His achievements include First Prize and the EMCY Prize at the XII International Balys Dvarionas Competition (2024), a Diploma at the VII Jascha Heifetz competition (Lithuania, 2025), First Prize at the Andrea Postacchini (Italy, 2025) and Georg Philipp Telemann (Poland, 2025) international violin competitions. He has also won a special prize for the best Bach interpretation at the 9th International Henri Marteau Violin Competition (Germany, 2026). Rokas regularly performs as a soloist with leading Lithuanian orchestras and plays a violin by Stefan-Peter Greiner.